Alcon (ALC) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2009 - 2026)
Alcon's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] was 3.06% in Q2 2026, down 1.30 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Alcon (ALC) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] at Alcon came in at 4.87%, down 0.23 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] shows a five-year change of +6.77 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In earlier years, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] was 5.10% in FY2024 (+1.25 pp), 3.85% in FY2023 (+1.25 pp), 2.60% in FY2022 (+0.31 pp) and 2.29% in FY2021 (+4.19 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure marks the lowest quarterly Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] since Q2 2023.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] over five years was Q4 2021 (a gain of 6.66 percentage points); the worst was Q3 2023 (a drop of 0.09 percentage points).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thermo Fisher Scientific | 242.18 Bn | 221.33 Bn | 4.88 Bn | 8.30% |
| 2 | Abbott Laboratories | 168.71 Bn | 139.79 Bn | 7.27 Bn | 7.98% |
| 3 | Danaher | 150.46 Bn | 134.27 Bn | 3.61 Bn | 6.42% |
| 4 | Intuitive Surgical | 138.71 Bn | 118.26 Bn | 1.96 Bn | 18.58% |
| 5 | Medtronic | 110.54 Bn | 76.41 Bn | 6.34 Bn | 8.34% |
| 6 | Stryker | 105.66 Bn | 91.78 Bn | 4.50 Bn | 13.69% |
| 7 | Boston Scientific | 61.74 Bn | 56.75 Bn | 3.85 Bn | 10.83% |
| 8 | Edwards Lifesciences | 49.09 Bn | 33.21 Bn | 1.35 Bn | 11.99% |
| 9 | Becton Dickinson | 48.16 Bn | 45.31 Bn | 2.32 Bn | 6.00% |
| 10 | Alcon | 31.07 Bn | 24.27 Bn | 1.68 Bn | 3.06% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 3.06% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 4.36% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 5.03% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 4.44% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 4.35% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 4.17% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 3.83% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 3.18% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 2.85% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 2.61% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 2.61% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 3.28% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 2.55% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 2.64% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 2.28% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -0.33% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | -0.92% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | -3.64% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | -4.38% |
| Sep 30, 2020 | -3.19% |
API Access
Alcon Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=ALC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-capital-employed-[roce]", "ticker": "ALC", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=ALC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();